News and Events

News

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Neta Crawford appointed Montague Burton Professor of International Relations

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University of Oxford's Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund 2021

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Oxford climate scientists: No doubt about climate change

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New social sciences spin-out offers affordable tech valuation tool to help innovators and startups access funding

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Teaching Awards 2020-21

Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford and Hubert Keller, Co-Senior Partner of the banking group Lombard Odier, sit at a table decorated with flowers as they sign a multi-year partnership to foster sustainable finance & investment research

Lombard Odier and Oxford in landmark research collaboration on sustainable finance and investment

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Major UKRI funding awarded to collaborative programme exploring mental health outcomes for care-experienced young people

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Appointment of Professor Timothy Power as Head of Division

Events

Below is a list of major upcoming events hosted by our departments. There are hundreds of other events each term across the Social Sciences Division, including seminars, workshops and conferences. You can view a full list on Oxford Events. To see a dedicated calendar for each department, please visit the 'Events' section on their individual websites.

Annual Roger Hood Lecture: Professor Shadd Maruna, University of Liverpool

‘Desistance Futures: Making Amends for the Past’

OII 25th Anniversary Public Lecture: danah boyd, Cornell University

‘Dreaming of a Networked World: Reflections on the Political Economy of the Internet’

Guest lecture: United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Jean-Pierre Lacroix

‘The Difficult Journey of Peace: Challenges and Opportunities for Peace Operations in a Fragmented World’